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Akamai Technologies, Inc. Employee Relations Investigator, Senior Manager - Remote in United States
Are you passionate about developing and motivating others?
Do you enjoy being a trusted partner to employees and stakeholders?
Join our Employee Relations Team
Our Employee Relations (ER) team collaborates closely with leadership, HR Business Partners, Legal and employees to advise on complex matters, including performance improvement and investigations. We endeavor to achieve a balance of employee advocacy and company stewardship. In realizing every employee's potential, we enable the company's success.
Be an employee relations champion
You will be a key member of our Employee Relations COE team, focusing on Employee Relations investigations that involve senior members of the Americas teams (Canada, LatAm, and US).
As an Employee Relations Manager, you will be responsible for:
Assisting the Senior Director with development of the Global Employee Relations COE framework (governance, process, and success measurements), etc.
Investigating complex alleged violations of Akamai's policies and procedures (including discrimination, harassment, and retaliation) that involve Americas employees who hold the title of Senior Director and above.
Presenting findings to Decision Makers by making and supporting implementation of recommendations for resolution and thoroughly tracking the matters in Akamai's case
Analyzing ER trends and making suggestions for broad-based training and/or other interventions to prevent future occurrences.
Being able to proactively communicate, cooperate, and collaborate with managers and employees.
Managing the end-to-end process for large group actions (i.e., reductions in force) for Akamai.
Do what you love
To be successful in this role you will:
Have a Bachelors degree and 12 years of HR experience that includes 10 years of relevant investigation experience (i.e., employee relations, compliance, EEO (Equal Employment Opportunity), etc.
Possess highly developed communication, interpersonal, and diplomacy skills to guide, influence and persuade others
Demonstrate the skills to deliver findings and recommendations on sensitive cases
Have attention to detail when it comes to documentation, process execution, and follow up
Have a quantitative approach to evaluating progress and impact, as well as identifying opportunities for improvement
Have experience supporting senior leaders across a global organization andpartnering with HR colleagues, Legal, Audit, Talent, and Development, to implement solutions and achieve business results.
Staying abreast of best practices and developments within the Employee Relations and Employment Law fields and consider their applications to investigating and resolving Employee Relations matters.
Work in a way that works for you
FlexBase, Akamai's Global Flexible Working Program, is based on the principles that are helping us create the best workplace in the world. When our colleagues said that flexible working was important to them, we listened. We also know flexible working is important to many of the incredible people considering joining Akamai. FlexBase, gives 95% of employees the choice to work from their home, their office, or both (in the country advertised). This permanent workplace flexibility program is consistent and fair globally, to help us find incredible talent, virtually anywhere. We are happy to discuss working options for this role and encourage you to speak with your recruiter in more detail when you apply.
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At Akamai, we're curious, innovative, collaborative and tenacious. We celebrate diversity of thought and we hold an unwavering belief that we can make a meaningful difference. Our teams use their global perspectives to put customers at the forefront of everything they do, so if you are people-centric, you'll thrive here.
Working for you
At Akamai, we will provide you with opportunities to grow, flourish, and achieve great things. Our benefit options are designed to meet your individual needs for today and in the future. We provide benefits surrounding all aspects of your life:
Your health
Your finances
Your family
Your time at work
Your time pursuing other endeavors
Our benefit plan options are designed to meet your individual needs and budget, both today and in the future.
About us
Akamai powers and protects life online. Leading companies worldwide choose Akamai to build, deliver, and secure their digital experiences helping billions of people live, work, and play every day. With the world's most distributed compute platform from cloud to edge we make it easy for customers to develop and run applications, while we keep experiences closer to users and threats farther away.
Join us
Are you seeking an opportunity to make a real difference in a company with a global reach and exciting services and clients? Come join us and grow with a team of people who will energize and inspire you!
Akamai Technologies is an Affirmative Action, Equal Opportunity Employer that values the strength that diversity brings to the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against on the basis of gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, race/ethnicity, protected veteran status, disability, or other protected group status.
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Compensation
Akamai is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. The base salary for this position ranges from $119,100 - $247,300/year; a candidate’s salary is determined by various factors including, but not limited to, relevant work experience, skills, certifications and location. The compensation package may also include incentive compensation opportunities in the form of annual bonus or incentives, equity awards and an Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP). Akamai provides industry-leading benefits including healthcare, 401K savings plan, company holidays, vacation (in the form of PTO), sick time, family friendly benefits including parental leave and an employee assistance program including a focus on mental and financial wellness; Eligibility requirements apply.